TY - JOUR
T1 - Bronchiectasis in bone marrow transplantation
AU - Morehead, Richard Scott
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Two patients are described with clinical and radiographic bronchiectasis which occurred after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for haematological malignancy. Both had evidence of chronic graft versus host disease in other organs. Increased immunosuppression with corticosteroids resulted in clinical response, although both patients persisted with chronic mucopurulent sputum production and one had progressive airflow obstruction. Bronchiectasis may be an under-recognised manifestation of chronic graft versus host disease of the lung.
AB - Two patients are described with clinical and radiographic bronchiectasis which occurred after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for haematological malignancy. Both had evidence of chronic graft versus host disease in other organs. Increased immunosuppression with corticosteroids resulted in clinical response, although both patients persisted with chronic mucopurulent sputum production and one had progressive airflow obstruction. Bronchiectasis may be an under-recognised manifestation of chronic graft versus host disease of the lung.
KW - Bone marrow transplantation
KW - Bronchiectasis
KW - Graft versus host disease
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U2 - 10.1136/thx.52.4.392
DO - 10.1136/thx.52.4.392
M3 - Article
C2 - 9196527
AN - SCOPUS:0030923947
SN - 0040-6376
VL - 52
SP - 392
EP - 393
JO - Thorax
JF - Thorax
IS - 4
ER -